Busk

In the grand commemorative festival of the Creeks called the Busk, which wiped out the memory of all crimes but murder, which reconciled the proscribed criminal to his nation and atoned for his guilt, when the new fire was kindled and the green corn served up, every dance, every invocation, every ceremony, was shaped and ruled by the application of the number four and its multiples in every imaginable relation.

The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Like much of Ms. Barton's work, "Busk" is episodic in structure.

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

In "Busk" solos were contrasted with robust, unison group dances, in which cast members, in layers of black by the costume designer Michelle Jank, pulled on hoods and nodded in time to the music.

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

In "Busk" solos were contrasted with robust, unison group dances, in which cast members, in layers of black by the costume designer Michelle Jank, pulled on hoods and nodded in time to the music.

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

Ljova and the Kontraband, along with recorded choral music, "Busk" refers to, according to the press notes, the Spanish word buscar, which means "to seek."

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

Ljova and the Kontraband, along with recorded choral music, "Busk" refers to, according to the press notes, the Spanish word buscar, which means "to seek."

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

Like much of Ms. Barton's work, "Busk" is episodic in structure.

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

There is a specially commissioned ashtray sculpture by Lana Locke, as well as a graffiti painting by Jason Busk of two boys smoking.

Dusting Off the Stogie's Stodgy Image Jemima Sissons 2010

Mr. Bragg, who is 53 years old, supersized the venerable troubadour tradition in 2007 when he staged the first Big Busk at the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre in London.

Singing a Song for All Steve Dollar 2011

In England, the Big Busk has often featured songs peculiar to the British pop charts, such as Kate Nash 's 2007 hit "Foundations" or site-specific favorites like the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset."

Singing a Song for All Steve Dollar 2011